Veterinary Professor reacts to undercover laboratory footage
Veterinary expert Professor Andrew Knight reviews shocking undercover footage from inside UK animal testing laboratories and dismantles the "necessary evil" myth.
In 2026, Animal Aid partnered with Animals International to release historic, covert footage from inside licensed UK testing facilities – the first footage of its kind to emerge in over a decade. The exposé revealed dogs forced to inhale chemicals through masks strapped to their faces, primates locked into head-restraint devices, pregnant rabbits infused with toxins, and pigs left with raw, open wounds cut into their backs.
We sat down and interviewed Andrew Knight, Veterinary Professor of Animal Welfare, to assess these shocking findings and obtain his expert opinion.
Professor Andrew KnightThe fact that there's not been an improvement in the degree to which animal experiments can predict toxicity in human patients in 60 years has not been because laboratory science has not advanced, it is because of fundamental constraints in the animal experiments that are being used.
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